The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 21, 2054
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:05 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1627
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.17° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.01° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.